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Ausangate
- Mapped trail
- 8.5 km+1,167 m · about 4 h · T1Ends 740 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 2,085 m6,841 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- -13°CFog · Wind 9 km/h E
Ausangate is a 6,372 m (20,906 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Vilcanota, Cusco Department, Peru.
All facts
- Elevation
- 6,372 m · 20,906 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Coropuna (6,425 m)
- Range
- Cordillera Vilcanota
- Region
- Cusco Department, Peru
- Coordinates
- 13.7885° S, 71.2293° W
Trails toward Ausangate
Mapped trails from the road get to 740 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
Easiest route: from Road end, 7.3 km SE of Ausangate
- Distance
- 8.5 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,167 m−23 m (3,829 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4 h
- Difficulty
- T1Easy trail, trainers are fine
Ends 740 m below the summit.
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Ausangate 3D map
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Ausangate terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Ausangate weather
Tonight · Fog · -13°C (9°F) · Wind 9 km/h E
Ausangate forecast for the summit, about 6,372 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,433 m.
- Tonight-13°–9 km/h EBase -2°
- Sat-11°-2°1.8 mm17 km/h NWBase 1 / 9°
- Sun-11°-3°2.3 mm23 km/h NBase 1 / 9°
- Mon-12°-5°4.6 mm13 km/h NWBase 0 / 6°
- Tue-12°-5°1.1 mm12 km/h NWBase 0 / 7°
- Wed-11°-5°4.4 mm15 km/h NWBase 0 / 7°
- Thu-13°-4°0.8 mm12 km/h WBase -2 / 8°
- Fri-10°-4°1.2 mm12 km/h NWBase 2 / 7°
- Sat-9°-3°1.6 mm12 km/h NWBase 2 / 9°
- Sun-11°-2°6.7 mm8 km/h NWBase 1 / 9°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Ausangate
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ausangate, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Campamento gratis - Otorongo
Nearest hut
Refúgio
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campamento gratis - OtorongoCampsite | 3.2 km NNE |
| RefúgioHut | 3.3 km NNE |
| Hut | 3.3 km NNE |
| Hut | 3.7 km NNE |
| camping Azul CochaCampsite | 4.0 km N |
| Campamento gratisCampsite | 4.0 km NE |
How steep is the route to Ausangate?
The easiest mapped route, 8.5 km from 4,433 m to 5,581 m. Steepest stretch: 40°.
- 0–15°6.7 km
- 15–30°1.5 km
- 30–45°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 100 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6.2 km, measured from the Ausangate summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Mariposa5,808 m 2.6 km E
- 2HuayruroPunco5,550 m 4.8 km E
- 3Campa5,500 m 5.3 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.2 km; 88 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mountain Viscacha48
- Giant Coot23
- Waraqu18
- Vicuña17
- Andean Goose16
- Gentiana sedifolia14
Where Ausangate sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467Andes163Cordillera Oriental3
- Region
- Cusco Department11Peru57South America235
Nearby places
VinicuncaPeak · 5,036 m↑12 km SW
Quelccaya Ice CapGlacier↑47 km ESE
AnantaPeak · 5,300 m↑66 km E
PachatusanPeak · 4,842 m↑68 km WNW
Hatun Suyu Q'asaPeak · 4,400 m↑83 km NW
More in the Cordillera Oriental 1
Ausangate downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
54 m low This 3D map reads 6,318 m at the summit; the official height is 6,372 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 64 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 6,372 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 6,318 m | -54 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 6,308 m | -64 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-06-22)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia